One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.
an important instrumental form of the baroque period, comprised of a series of movements (usually in the same key), patterned after popular dances, typically: allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue, and one more optional dances, often preceded by a prelude.
A collection of individual instrumental movements that are related in some way and usually performed together. Traditionally these are specific dances, such as the minuet, that were grouped into in a larger work. Many times portions of operas or ballets are also selected and arranged into an orchestral suite to be performed without staging the entire work.
(1) Group of dances in various national style, usually preceded by an extended prelude or overture, common to the Baroque period. Handel's Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks (GP 88) are Baroque suites; Bach's Badinerie (CD 1) comes from one of his orchestral suites. (2) Series of movements extracted from a larger work (often a ballet) to make an effective concert work. A good example is Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, extracted from The Nutcracker, a full ballet.
a long orchestral concert arrangement of material taken from a longer work
An set of unrelated and usually short instrumental pieces, movements or sections played as a group, and usually in a specific order.
a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
a piano composition, I think it is a very good change of pace
a set of stylized dance pieces
a series of short instrumental movements, often inspired by dance rhythms
A collection of contrasting dance pieces.
A set or series of pieces originally based on the ancient dance forms of Allemande, Courante, Sarabande and Gigue.
(fr.) - A set or series of movements, each consisting of a dance form ( Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue, Gavotte, Menuet, Bourree, Passepied, etc.) and all in the same key. Often preceded by a Prelude. [back
A set of instrumental pieces written to be played in one performance.
Multimovement work made up of a series of contrasting dance movements, generally all in the same key. Also partita and ordre.
This is any ordered set of instrumental pieces meant to be performed at a single sitting.
A piece consisting of a series of dances.
A piece of instrumental music made up of several movements, usually in dance-style.
A musical composition consisting of a succession of short pieces.
Instrumental composition consisting of several movements in dance character, usually in the same key. Later suites are often extracts from an opera or ballet.
An instrumental work in several movements based on traditional dance music. The Italian word for suite is partita.
In music, a suite is an organized set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed at a single sitting, as a separate musical performance, not accompanying an opera, ballet, or theater-piece.
This Suite, like the Cello Concerto and the Piano Trio, came from one Cassadó's most prolific periods, in the mid-1920s. The Suite consists of three dance movements: Preludio-Fantasia - a Zarabanda; Sardana; and Intermezzo e Danza Finale - a Jota. The first movement quotes Zoltán Kodály's Sonata for Cello Solo, Op.8, and the famous flute solo from Maurice Ravel's ballet Daphnis et Chloé.